Andrés Simón
Cuban sprinter
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Full name | Andrés Simón Gómez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | September 15, 1961 (1961-09-15) (age 62) Guantánamo, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrés Simón Gómez (born September 15, 1961) is a former sprinter from Cuba who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in 1992 Barcelona.[1][2] He also participated in the relay at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.[1] He specialized in the 60 meters and 100 metres events. His personal best for the 100m is 10.06, set in Havana 1987.[2] He won the gold medal in the 60 m competition at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Budapest.[3]
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrés Simón". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ a b Oliveros, Lemay Padrón (15 April 2009). "Andrés Simón: Rápido y pequeño" (in Spanish). Cuba Hora. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Budapest". istanbul2012wic.org. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
External links
- Andrés Simón at World Athletics
- Andres Simon Gomez at Olympics.com
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World Indoor Champions in men's 60 metres
- 1985: Ben Johnson (CAN)
- 1987: Lee McRae (USA)
- 1989: Andrés Simón (CUB)
- 1991: Andre Cason (USA)
- 1993: Bruny Surin (CAN)
- 1995: Bruny Surin (CAN)
- 1997: Haralabos Papadias (GRE)
- 1999: Maurice Greene (USA)
- 2001: Tim Harden (USA)
- 2003: Justin Gatlin (USA)
- 2004: Jason Gardener (GBR)
- 2006: Leonard Scott (USA)
- 2008: Olusoji Fasuba (NGR)
- 2010: Dwain Chambers (GBR)
- 2012: Justin Gatlin (USA)
- 2014: Richard Kilty (GBR)
- 2016: Trayvon Bromell (USA)
- 2018: Christian Coleman (USA)
- 2022: Marcell Jacobs (ITA)
- 2024: Christian Coleman (USA)
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